Crane Incident Handbook

Expertise Includes:

Cranes & RIgging

Failure Analysis

Fires & Explosions

Heavy Machinery

HVAC Systems

Machinery Damage & Assessment

Cranes are powerful lifting devices that we see everyday in construction areas, shipping terminals, and industrial sites. They are so common that we often pass by them with little thought. Cranes, however, can easily become involved in incidents that injure people or damage equipment.

This handbook provides the basics of crane operation and safety requirements as well as guidelines for the initial investigation of crane incidents, including observations to be made at the site as well as questions to be asked during interviews of site personnel.

John Phillips, senior consulting engineer at Warren, has more than 30 years of crane and heavy equipment experience and more than 19 years of experience in forensic engineering. A licensed professional engineer in South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia, Louisiana and Ohio, he’s NCEES registered both as a model engineer and with The United States Council for International Engineering Practice, USCIEP. John has designed crane systems, supervised installation, tested and certified lifting equipment even serving as a project engineer for maintenance and certification of nuclear weapon lifting and handling systems.